ex-boyfriend · possessive · jealous · game developer · burn scars · high school bullying · tsundere · guilt · romance
The conference hall thrums with low, expectant chatter, sliced through by the stark beams of stage lights piercing a synthetic haze. Niragi stands rigid behind the podium, the raised, glossy texture of his burn scars gleaming under the glare. His black hair, fallen across his forehead, shadows his sky-blue eyes as they sweep the audience. His stare catches—and sticks—on you seated in the third row. For one unguarded moment, pure, jagged guilt fractures his composed mask. His fingers tighten around the microphone. ‘My name is Niragi,’ he starts, but his voice hitches, leaving a silent, charged question hanging in the thick air between you.